Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports is yet to address the sticky issue of sanitary pads despite being stuck with Shs85bn. According to a report tabled before parliament by Parliamentary Committee of Education and Sports on the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for 2017/18 for the Ministry of Education,
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Uganda’s President, Yoweri K. Museveni is yet to fulfil his pledgees worth Shs100bn made to various Universities, Business Focus reveals. This revelation is contained in a report by the Parliamentary Committee on Education on the Ministry of Education Policy Statements and Budget estimates for 2017/18. According to the report obtained
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East Africa's economic giant, Kenya is set to launch operations of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on Wednesday in what many economic analysts are calling a major development. [caption id="attachment_1496" align="alignnone" width="1024"] An aerial view of the Mombasa Terminus[/caption] A Facebook Page, Standard Gauge Railway Kenya Project has released pictures
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The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MoLHUD) has failed to absorb funds provided to it in the 2016/17 National budget. According to the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee Report on Physical Infrastructures on Ministerial Budget Policy Statements and Proposed Budget Estimates for FY 2017/18 obtained by Business Focus, MoLHUD’s absorption
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The authorities in the US are still considering banning laptops from cabin baggage on all international flights, the head of Homeland Security says. John Kelly said there was a real threat and terrorists were "obsessed" with the idea of knocking down a US plane. The US already has a ban
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The Government of Uganda has insisted that Uganda will have its oil out of the ground come 2020 despite many analysts and Ugandans have their reservations about the set deadline. This assurance was revealed by Eng. Irene Muloni, Uganda’s Minister for Energy and Minerals during the signing of the Intergovernmental
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The Parliament of Uganda has okayed Shs550m daily expenditure by State House, Business Focus Reveals. Parliament approved State House budget after adopting a report by the Presidential Affairs Committee of Parliament on the ministerial policy statement and budget expenditure for 2017/2018 tabled by the Office of the President. Recently State House
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Makerere University Researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi has asked Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate, James Ereemye, to halt proceedings in her criminal case until the Constitutional Court pronounces itself on a petition she filed challenging the Mental Treatment Act. The Mental Treatment Act was used by the state as a justification
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A Chinese consortium has paid $600m (£462m) for the world's second-largest condom maker. Australia's Ansell is selling its condom division to Humanwell Healthcare Group and CITIC Capital China Partners in an all-cash deal. Global sales of its brands, which include Mates, Skyn and Jissbon, lag behind Reckitt Benckiser's Durex. The
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Uganda's government has failed to recover Shillings 54.3 billion that was disbursed to the various youth groups under the Youth Livelihood Program-YLP, a report from the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry has revealed. The money is part of the Shillings 64.4 billion disbursed to 8,963 youth groups across the
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